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Eco-Types

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Eco-Types

Five Ways of Caring about the EnvironmentBy Emily Huddart KennedyNarrated by Jennifer Woodward

Eco-Types

Length9h 28m

About this audiobook

This audiobook narrated by Jennifer Woodward explains why acknowledging diverse eco-social relationships can help us overcome the political polarization that undermines our ability to protect the environment When we picture the ideal environmentalist, we likely have in mind someone who dedicates herself to reducing her own environmental footprint through individual choices about consumption—driving a fuel-efficient car, for example, or eating less meat, or refusing plastic straws. This is a benchmark that many aspire to—and many others reject. In Eco-Types, Emily Huddart Kennedy shows that there is more than one way to care about the environment, outlining a spectrum of eco-social relationships that range from engagement to indifference. Drawing on three years of interviews and research, Kennedy describes five archetypal relationships with the environment: the Eco-Engaged, often politically liberal, who have an acute level of concern about the environment, a moral commitment to protect it, and the conviction that an individual can make a difference; the Self-Effacing, who share the Eco-Engaged's concerns but not the belief in their own efficacy; the Optimists, often politically conservative, who are confident in their relationship with the environment, doubt the severity of environmental problems, and resent insinuations that they don't care; the Fatalists, who are pessimistic about environmental decline and feel little responsibility to adopt environment-friendly habits; and the Indifferent, who have no affinity for any part of the environmental movement. Kennedy argues that when liberals feel they have a moral monopoly on environmental issues, polarization results. If we are serious about protecting the planet, we must acknowledge that we don't all need to care about the environment in the same way.

Nature & Wilderness

Political Intrigue

Audiobook details

GenreScience and Nature, Psychology

Length9 hrs 28 mins

Narrated byJennifer Woodward

FormatAudiobook

Publish dateOct 4, 2022

LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Opening Anno, Preface

7Chapter 5 - The Fatalists

2Introduction

8Chapter 6 - The Indifferent

3Chapter 1 - The Ideal Environmentalist

9Chapter 7 - Confronting Political Polarization

4Chapter 2 - The Eco-Engaged

10Chapter 8 - We All Care About the Environment

5Chapter 3 - The Self-Effacing

11Conclusion, Closing Anno

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6Chapter 4 - The Optimists

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